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Pics or it didn't happen ;) /jk

On a serious note: modern C++ does have const expression functions, too, albeit not as powerful (yet): http://www.cprogramming.com/c++11/c++11-compile-time-process...

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No need for pics, it's the thing about Lisps that you can run arbitrary code during compilation. The distinction between compile-time and runtime is pretty blurred, especially that Lisp programs tend to ship with the compiler in the image, which means you can compile new stuff at runtime.

I realize that. I was joking [more like trying to, it seems] about the fact that parent commented on a technically amazing post with "I could have done this too in X" without providing any further insight, let alone a link to the completed project in X.

Fair enough :). Though I interpret that parent comment not as bragging, but as making a joke that in Lisp you write the program as you would normally, and then just make it run in compile-time :).

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